Orkavian

About us

Orkavian is an aerospace focused high-tech R&D Lab with long-term goals, dedicated to creating solutions for the complex problems of modern defense. Our team, composed of distinguished and expert people in their field operates at the most advanced points of technology to provide asymmetric advantages.

Our core philosophy is to view technology not merely as a tool, but as the foundation of strategic superiority and the secure future of humanity. Guided by our values of innovation, security and excellence, we develop creative solutions to complex problems and design every system with responsibility and ethical awareness. Our goal is not only to advance technology but also to harness it for the benefit of humanity and redefine the future standards of defense and security.

Electronics and vehicle prototype work at the Orkavian workshop

Our approach

Hardware and software, with integration in mind.

01

Work across the interfaces

We develop electronics and software with their integration requirements in view. We keep product roles and dependencies explicit.

02

Prototype and validate

We move from board and enclosure designs to physical prototypes, driver development and testing. We evaluate the system at each stage.

03

Contribute to the foundations

We contribute to the open-source ecosystem that supports robotics and unmanned systems alongside our own product development.

Open-source contributions

We are maintainers of critical open-source projects, including MAVLink, PX4 Autopilot and the Linux kernel.

Independent report

Dronecode 2025

We ranked 10th among contributing organizations, with 336 contributions in Dronecode’s annual report.

Annual report

Work with Orkavian

Building an unmanned system?

Meet Orkavian

Industry & media

Research and press enquiries about autonomy, embedded systems and unmanned aviation.

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